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talon1010's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
I can't say I'd have gone for this without being given it by a pretty girl, but that's not to say it wasn't worth the time. I found that, as my life gets more defined by and my thoughts tend so often now toward romance, it's not unhelpful to have a cache of an essayist's beautiful prose in your back pocket. Plus, it encouraged me to call playlists mixtapes. Pretty cool shit, even if I haven't heard of any but six of the bands
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Religious bigotry, and Suicide
Minor: Misogyny
pseudolain's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Death
vera_cologne's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
4.5
So many wonderful words in music and grief. I love this book so much! I think if I was born in the 60s instead of late 80s this would have been a 5 star read for me. I didn’t know a lot of the music and the lifestyle he was talking about. But I still loved reading this book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
orndal's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Rock journalist Rob Sheffield lookd back on the cassette tapes that played the soundtrack of his early life with his first wife before she died.
Yes, that is truem but this book id also a 220 page love letter to a girl who made everyone fall in love with her, who sewed her own clothes, found the best new music, and unapologetically lived "angel" by aerosmith.
I cried so much. I totally fell in love with her, too. Thr ultimate act of love is to remember them and let them live on in the stories we tell, and this book does that without being soppy.
Also its just a very well written exploration of love and grief and moving on. And it has some great mixes.
Yes, that is truem but this book id also a 220 page love letter to a girl who made everyone fall in love with her, who sewed her own clothes, found the best new music, and unapologetically lived "angel" by aerosmith.
I cried so much. I totally fell in love with her, too. Thr ultimate act of love is to remember them and let them live on in the stories we tell, and this book does that without being soppy.
Also its just a very well written exploration of love and grief and moving on. And it has some great mixes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
hanngigi's review against another edition
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sad
fast-paced
4.0
i read it in one sitting and i felt so many emotions. a truly beautiful book about love and the power of music.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death
affairst91's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
4.0
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Graphic: Death
minnie_xx's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
five stars for impact, not writing. it is not written as most novels but more of an internal reflection, so gorgeous and filled with anecdotes but really it’s about a bigger picture, of grief. and not only grief but the people that can make us feel their loss in such a way that we never stop comparing life to how it would be with them still here. so beautiful and melancholy with much reflection and introspection.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, and Death
maevebeck's review
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4.0
loved this read. i read half of it in one day and half another day 10 months later LOL. sheffield communicates his emotions through references to pop culture and music of the late 20th century so if u are not a music head u may not get it to its full intent. i feel like gen xers would understand this one best because i thought i was getting like 75-80% of references but i’m sure it would be so much better knowing exactly what he was talking about. i’ve never read a book before that sounds like listening to music. love it and now have a new fav author
i didn’t love the ending but the good news is that it’s a memoir so that’s not really like the ending of the story. i just thought it could have been a little slower because it felt like there were a ton of changes right in the last chapter or so
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Alcohol
alexkempf12's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
weaverca's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Alcohol